Document on the founding of a university in Mexico
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Document that records the process of confirmation of the Catholic faith by a converted Moor and his descendants in Valladolid. In it they request that there be no confiscation of goods, that they be pardoned for their sins, etc. The document contains the Royal Decree of 20 April 1558 on the edict of grace.
Documents containing warnings from France about a possible Moorish uprising in the territories of the Hispanic Monarchy
Information on the expedition of Hernán Cortés to New Spain with the desire to continue the discoveries made earlier by Juan de Grijalva.
Letter from Emperor Charles V to the Marquis of Frómista in which he announces his decision to renounce in his son Philip, the future Philip II.
Map or nautical chart of the Atlantic at the height of 1544, detailing the maritime profile of Europe, Africa and America, made by Battista Agnese in 1544. The author’s name and date appear on the map n÷o± 9, folio 12 at the top: “baptista agnese fecit venetijs 1544 die primo Julij”
Documents about Juan Sebastián Elcano, including the sailor’s will, as well as some family lawsuits
Image of the original house of the family of Saint Ignatius of Loyola in Azpeitia (Guipúzcoa)
Map of the Iberian Peninsula, made by Abraham Ortellius and first published in 1570 (Netherlands). This edition was edited by Aegidius Coppenius Diesth and published in Antwerp in 1584
Map of the Iberian Peninsula, made by Sebastian Münster and first published in 1544 (Basel). Publisher Henri Petri
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